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Gaming Sidekicks: Videogame Companion Apps with Brendon Bigley

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This week, John is joined by Brendon Bigley to explore the wide world of videogame companion apps from media trackers to game specific companion apps.

On AppStories+, John and Brendon dig into 16 years of App Store history to compile a list of games that have defined gaming on the iPhone.

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Links and Show Notes
Gaming Companion Apps
  • Game Trackers
    • Backloggd
    • GameTrack
    • GamingBuddy and SwitchBuddy
      • GamePal
      • Game and Franchise Companion Apps
        • ACNH Travel Guide
        • TotK Travel Guide
        • MK World Travel Guide
        • Ketchup
        • General Media Trackers
          • Sofa
          • Sequel
          • Letterboxd
          • StoryGraph
          • Other
            • Ally Pro
            • Quick Reviews
            • Also mentioned:
              • Brendon’s Animal Crossing video
              • Animal Crossing City Folk Deluxe
              • Bloons
              • Severed
              • Domino Drop
              • Follow Brendon’s work at:
                • Wavelengths.online
                • Into the Aether
                • NPC: Next Portable Console

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